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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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